Lacing.



S. W. WARDWELL.

LACING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1911.

1 0453199 Patented Dec.3,1912,

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s menu having Be it known that 1, Sister? t a citizen 0? the United States, mg ?r0viclence, in the county of Pi'ovicienee and State of Bhocle Island, have invented i .1", certain new and useful IlllpiOVQlIlQniS "1 lacin s with suhstantiail Lacings, of which the following at heir ends. To prevent he. aria" iiest-in-n. ties imni fraying 6i raveiiiie' I "I:

My invention "slates to .iacings E017 use i V g t i l :0 cost them with shellac, ee me it, glue or with. articles of apparel such as shoes, 001* s0m ether? waterproof compound which sets, etc., or for other purposes, and consists emslgamates the fibers of thestriicturs, sf particularly of improvements in the tips at ter 1 srdeiiing, and increases the Cf the ends of the lsein i g which are provided the tips t tender, them more sasii'y to facilitate thread g it through the eyethrough eyeieis of the shoes Oi; 0 lets and t0 give finish to the article. ticlss. The object of myiilqmovsment is is clis- The tubular, hotly per '021 pense with the of the unsightly and fabricated inm y sui e reticular easily destroyed met l ti 110W genssslly tern the st'qmls re i'tslllllf sis" with a seistively 10x15 mesh. T0 pro the hard, funnel, Gard-like: t'g pmftieiis v 0 the is he strands intermeshed in mmet foimaticn which ms; 7

employed and to pl'OVlQE a pi'sc' ietible iahi'ic tip termed ints main moi-twin. of the aim he i-iivent'. s y desci J in complishsd is some QXtQi t by iticreasi O the ollowing sgiesii Arden, illustrst i h the tensien )1 the yarns and ceelers? mg the g,

e0n-panyi.ng drawings, in Whiel1:- 0t eecl of the material threugh H19." igt se- 'i is a View 0i my imprm'eci shine. I have found it expedient, howev shmving the tips i -armed inte al is change t Jiltifilll 6f the '0 for .1120 1th the main OOT'ElOZl; M eel tip p431l1i01l5 of the iaeing in such ii met as Ge il View of 0212 Bi'lCi som mt the strands the El/ ris 250 a t mg the difijeiencs'in m s "es at these points. This 4 u -23 is in the pni'ti n 3, a ssct-ionsi w sf Us s give them a longer iemi along the line A--A 01 w so that they he more nearly as SG3nfIOfi1-iQ'i Z CQ to Fig. :2 i i" the tubule, pm-tion cross each at at suhstaiiti'ziily es, whilei the tits portion '5 the flos at greater with .e 31;,

eetion indicated by a similar V ew takes 2', 10015 1115; i he M 01' th drawings, the mam 01' body pertwn 01. 1e iacing', des1gslated L, is preiemely fermeci 0f tuhulsi' drawn out mere nearly pztmilei with in 31.} applies-ties,

d, weven or athsiwise fahi'ilength 01"" the tip. In this way the tip p01- cated in any Well lmewn mannei' to give the tion of the fabric is compacted into sub- Clesirecl pattern, and. adapted t0 be FBSSC stantially solid 00rd, reduced in diaiiieter intc a substantially fiat tape 01 strap, i'rom'the main portion, and having eoiisid- 3 illustrated more; purticiilayiy i F 3; At- K'illlilt-E inherent stiffness and rigidity. the ends of the lacing the 531i peition being coated with a waterproef covering a 0x" the fabric is reniueed in clismeter and the smooth, him-cl, selid. tip is formed, integral strands. of thread, yarn, fibers, 0r other atwith the main portien of the lacing, and tenuatecl material, from which it fishy proof against damage 01* disintegration. sated are drawn tightly togethsr anti ash? My new lacing is mueli more attractive 'mcteci into substantially solid, mund than the usual. article 0f this styie anti is incl-e ciui'ahle in use. The use sf metai tips tions 2, see Fig. 'c which form. the termina to}? fini. sing the ends of the lasing 1s apes many ihssdvautsges: They piili p tips for the lasing.

etho'ti of ms iufeetiirirg The prefembie i imp? W3C: lac 15 described. p qu are frequstly I the .Qihiillil iiier "ti tiis iscing fiiiliCiiBS 02: is

{O rough usage. They ere also liable ed upon and crushed or bent and sometimes entirely deerrmore, has been found give a, permanent finish to a .ncl invariably cracl 11g or c 3 a short period of use, and. n thei'etoi-e becoming worn and shabby pearanco. w my improved lacing the oric fashioned tip presents an extremely neat and finished appearance, in harmony with the article itself, and being of firmer structure it will withstand much rough go and will outwear the body portion of lacing, lfiurthei'more, this style of lacusual. variety, the complete article, i and all, can he fashioned on the braidi or 0i i machine and the many operati y ping the lacing are therefore eliminated. I

l llithout limiting myself to any particu lar pattern or character of fabric or to any one method of manufacture what I claim as my invention is: i

1. An improved lacing comprising a body portion of tubular fabric haying tips at its ends termed by cylindrical portions of the 1c of reduced diameter niade solid by compacting its strands in the operation of interieshing the some. i

2, :is new article of manufacture, a lacing consisting a strip of fabric having is much cheaper to manufacture than terminal tips formed integral therewith by intermeshing the strands of the fabric into a hard, solid cord of less diameter than the width of the main strip 3. As a new article of manufacture, a lacing having a main portion of tubular fabric and fabric tip portions formed integral therewith by intei'meshing the strands in a different pattern to compact them into a hard, cord-like structure.

l. As a new article of manufacture, a lacing consisting of a main portion of tubular fabric having the strands internieshed with a relatively loose mesh and. terminal tips integral with the main portion of the lacing and formed from the same strands inter-- meshed with a tight mesh to produce ahard, cord-like structure.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a lacing blank consisting of a strip of fabric having tubular portions of suitable length to form the main part of a lacing and tip por-.

tions separating the tubular portions of the strip and formed by the same strands compacted into a hard, solid, cord-like structure of less diameter than that of the tubular portions.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. v

SIMON W. WARDWELL. Witnesses Demon MoKIvEN, ARTHUR A. ARMINGTQN. 

